Amadeus W.M. wrote: >> Has anyone any recommendation for a steerable webcam for use with >> Linux/Fedora? > What's a steerable webcam? I use a pan-tilt-zoom Sony EVI-D30 like this > one: > > http://www.webcam-production.com/en/video_surveillance/sony_evi-d31.php > > Video goes from the camera into a framegrabber card (e.g. BT-8XX) through > a Composite or S-Video cable. It works with any v4l/v4l2 application such > as tvtime, xawtv, zoneminder, even kopete with jasper, etc. > > The pc sends commands (pan, tilt, zoom, grab image, apperture, shutter, > etc.) to the camera through the serial port. It also comes with motion > detection built-in, but I never use that. The commands are well > documented by Sony, so you can write your own drivers if you prefer, but > there already exist such drivers (search for "visca commands"). > > Note that this exact model has been discontinued, and superseeded by > newer models. I'm sure you can still buy it at a price significantly > lower than it used to be, but still on the order of a few hundred USD. > It works very well though. Thanks, that is what I meant by "steerable". -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
